Start your engines: Mowing season begins
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Debbie Johnson
Senior Writer
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-9183
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Brad S. Fresenburg, 573-884-8785
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Winter is finally releasing its grip, so lawns will be greening up and growing. It will soon be time for one of the most basic homeowner rituals:...
April is National Garden Month
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Debbie Johnson
Senior Writer
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-9183
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: David H. Trinklein, 573-882-9631
COLUMBIA, Mo. – April’s showers and flowers make it the perfect month to celebrate gardening. During National Garden Month, you can reflect on all the...
Get ready for cool-season vegetables
Media contact:
Debbie Johnson
Senior Writer
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-9183
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Jennifer Schutter, 660-665-9866
KIRKSVILLE, Mo. Cool-season vegetables let the well-organized gardener enjoy harvest bounty in the spring and again in the fall.
These early-season vegetables can...
In-between crops
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Mike Burden
Senior Information Specialist
College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, University of Missouri
Phone: 573-882-5919
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Ranjith Udawatta, 573-882-4347
COLUMBIA, Mo. — They have intriguing names such as hairy vetch, pearl millet and birdsfoot trefoil. Collectively known as...
Beef improvement meeting in Oklahoma has tips for Missouri cow herd...
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Duane Dailey
Senior Writer
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-9181
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Jared Decker, 573-882-2504
COLUMBIA, Mo.–Missouri producers interested in quality beef can attend a nearby national meeting. If they sign up by April 15, they get the early-bird rate, says a...
Getting ready to grow
Media contact:
Debbie Johnson
Senior Writer
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-9183
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Jennifer Schutter, 660-665-9866
KIRKSVILLE, Mo. – Winter is the time when...
Jared Decker, geneticist, joins MU Extension to help cow herd owners...
Media contact:
Duane Dailey
Senior Writer
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-9181
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Jared Decker, 573-882-2504
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Owners of commercial beef herds baffled by all those numbers in bull catalogs should meet Jared Decker.
Decker joined the University of Missouri Extension...
The battle to protect fruit from fungi, diseases and insects
Media contact:
Debbie Johnson
Senior Writer
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-9183
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Jennifer Schutter, 660-665-9866
KIRKSVILLE, Mo. – Growing fruit is a true labor of love because there are so many pests waiting to deny you the fruits of your labor. Fruit growers are in a...
Overcoming forage shortages in a drought
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Jason Vance
Senior Information Specialist
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-9731
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Joe Horner, 573-882-9339
COLUMBIA, Mo.–During the drought of 2012, producers with disappearing forage were seeking options to feed livestock.
There are three basic ways to overcome...
First green grass of spring is not enough to supply nutrient...
Media contact:
Duane Dailey
Senior Writer
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-9181
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story sources: Justin Sexten, 573-882-8154; Robert L. Kallenbach, 573-884-2213
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Turning cow herds out to graze pastures at the first sign of green grass harms forage growth later in the season. But...
